Workers stop oil leak into reservoir

RINGWOOD — State workers have been able to stop the flow of oil leaking from a home heating tank into a stream that feeds into the Wanaque Reservoir, officials said Monday.

About 50 gallons of oil leaked over the weekend from one of three houses on a hill off Margaret King Avenue and into a nearby stream, said Larry Ragonese, a spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Workers put booms in the stream to contain the flow. There is no threat to drinking water, Ragonese said.

"It wasn’t much of a leak, but we got a call that it was going toward the Wanaque Reservoir so we responded," he said.